Photograph
byHarold
F.Weston
CARAVAN MULES WAITING THE SETTING OF THE SUN WHILE STANDING IN THE BEDOF
THE
ZENDA
RUD
AT
ISPAHAN
Across the river lies the Armenian town of Julfa (population 3,000), a suburb of Ispahan, once asort
ofPersian
Versailles,
the
royal
pleasure
grounds of the Safavid kings, given by Shah Abbas in 1603 to Armenian refugees whom he transportedthere
tosave
from
massacre
bythe
Turks.
Note the huge camel bales and bells in the right foreground. This photograph was taken from the Pul-i-Ali
Verdi
Khan,
the
longest
bridge
in
Persia, of 34 arches and 388 yards in length.